bawl
bawl definition
bawl (bôl)
intransitive verb, transitive verb
- to shout or call out noisily; bellow; yell
- to weep and wail loudly
Etymology: ME baulen (found only in ger.) < ML baulare, to bark & ? ON baula, to low like a cow; both of echoic orig.
noun
- an outcry; bellow
- a noisy weeping
Related Forms:
- bawler bawl′er noun
bawl Idioms
bawl out
- to shout or call out
- ☆ Slang to scold angrily
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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